Species Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935
Blue Scissortail, Blue Assessor, Blue Devilfish, Macneill's Assessor, Squatter
- Assessor macneilli Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215-250 figs 1-11 pl. 18 [231].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA. 6383 (figured Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [fig. 30]), Hayman Island, Whitsunday Passage, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Outer barrier reefs of Cape York (10°48'37"S) to Lady Musgrave Reef (23º54´S), QLD; tropical, south-west Pacific (New Guinea and New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, pelagic.
General References
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (907)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1981. Australian Sea Fishes North of 30°S. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 297 pp. [93] (Macneill's Assessor)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [45] (Blue Assessor)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [128] (Blue Scissortail)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [132] (Blue Devilfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blue Scissortail)
Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [418] (Squatter)
History of changes
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19-Nov-2012 | 19-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |